In 1984, Sandra Cisneros published a collection of forty four vignettes titled The House on Mango Street. ... Due to parallels between the lives of Cisneros and Esperanza, Esperanza functions as a surrogate for Cisneros. ... Sandra Cisneros is described as an "adolescent playing at being an adult" because as a creative writer her mentality is similar to that of a child (McCay 1). ... For Cisneros this artistic gift was writing. ... Study hard"(Cisneros 90-91). ...

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